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A four-time Tour de France champion is back on the bike after a serious crash resulted in him being airlifted to hospital.
Chris Froome suffered major injuries in a “serious training accident” back in August and was flown to a hospital in Toulon, France.
Froome suffered a pneumothorax, five broken ribs and a fractured lumbar vertebra that put his cycling career in jeopardy.
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Chris Froome celebrates in the Tour de France. (Tim de Waele/Corbis via Getty Images)
However, Froome wrote on social media that he was riding again.
“It’s been a tough road back from my latest crash but it feels so good to finally be out here spinning my legs and on the road again,” Froome wrote with a selfie on Instagram. “Every setback teaches you something… this one reminded me to slow down, heal and enjoy the simple things in life.”
Froome’s first Tour de France victory came in 2013. He then won three straight after losing in 2014, becoming the first person to defend the title since Lance Armstrong before his seven wins were stripped.
Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome suffered multiple injuries in a “serious” crash in August. (Tim De Waele/Corbis via Getty Images)
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His last victory was the Giro d’Italia in 2018. He also won the Spanish Vuelta twice, in 2011 and 2017, making it four Tour triumphs – the first in 2013, followed by a hat-trick of titles from 2015-17.
Froome, 40, never returned to his former best after a training crash at the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2019, an event he used to fine-tune his bid for a record fifth Tour title. In the accident, he broke his right femur, elbow and ribs.
Overall leader’s yellow jersey Christopher Froome of Great Britain rides during the 32km individual time trial and seventeenth stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 17, 2013 between Embrun and Chorges in southeastern France. (JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)
Froome has been signed with Israel-Premier Tech since 2021, but with the contract expiring soon, coupled with this crash, his career could be in jeopardy.
